Can you keep a straight face here? Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the best times that versatile “SNL” performer Kate McKinnon got her co-stars laughing.
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00:00 "Oh, Brenda!"
00:02 "Kate. Kate. Are you okay?"
00:06 Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the best times that versatile SNL performer Kate McKinnon got her co-stars laughing.
00:15 "And breakfast. And breakfast means morning here."
00:18 Number 10. Weekend update. Ruth Bader Ginsburg on not retiring.
00:24 Kate McKinnon has a knack for out-there impressions of political figures like Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
00:29 Rather than trying to be as accurate as possible, she instead turns the Supreme Court justice into a wild child.
00:35 "Colin, the bench is now my porch. I'm gonna sit on it all day and scream, 'No! Get out of my yard!'"
00:42 The performer's version of Ginsburg speaks her mind to the point of making Weekend Update host Colin Jost lose it.
00:48 She also finds time to eat a bunch of emergency powder, taking the segment into the wonderful world of physical comedy.
00:55 McKinnon's antics earn her laughter from the audience and her co-stars.
00:58 "You should put it in water for me."
01:00 Clearly dedicated to the performance, the comedian goes for broke and steals the show with some dancing.
01:10 "And that's a Hopkins burn."
01:12 Number 9. Last call with Dave Chappelle.
01:23 As a creepy bar patron, Kate McKinnon shows that she's nothing short of a fearless performer.
01:29 "You know, uh, I was looking at you because you have that certain 'still here' quality."
01:35 This version of the recurring sketch features a hookup with the equally daring Dave Chappelle.
01:39 McKinnon and her scene partner push the boundaries of good taste, eventually driving Kenan Thompson to the edge.
01:45 "Something's happening here. Yeah, it's called the first sign of the apocalypse."
01:52 Their water fountain act breaks up Thompson in a hilarious finale.
01:56 Given some of the chaotic lines and physical comedy from this sketch, it's incredible that he lasted as long as he did.
02:02 The writers of this script must have been begging for someone to break with this crazy hookup.
02:06 "Goddamn it, Anthony. You let him get to you."
02:16 Number 8. Actress roundtable.
02:18 For this scene, Debette Goldry is a spunky actress who explains the hardships of Hollywood's golden age.
02:24 Alongside younger performers, the character recounts the harassment she endured from men in the olden days.
02:29 "They actually tried to teach me how to read once by putting peanut butter in my mouth."
02:34 "And then they remembered, 'That's how you make it look like a horse is talking.' So they gave the part to a horse."
02:40 Goldry also has a positivity about her that's infectious, making her comments sound nonchalant coming from her.
02:46 Tennant's performance still manages to get scene partner Margot Robbie breaking before it's all over.
02:51 "You girls know how it is."
02:53 "No, we don't. Is that a thing that happens?"
02:59 Robbie clearly holds it together as best she can, but can't help it after some of her co-star's funniest lines.
03:05 It makes for a roundtable discussion full of surprising revelations and laughs.
03:10 "All the time we have."
03:12 "I know what that means. All right, you krauts, get your kicks while you can."
03:17 Back for a second round, Ryan Gosling joins Cecily Strong and Kate McKinnon once more to describe his communication with aliens.
03:29 The latter performer cranks up the sketch early with her mannerisms and wild stories.
03:34 "They were all dropping in, scrambling to mash up my cheek meat like it's pizza dough."
03:40 "Some would knead for a bit, you know, and wait for another turn."
03:44 Gosling even becomes McKinnon's helper, posing as a model for an extraterrestrial demonstration.
03:49 The host shakes with laughter as his co-star goes off on a lengthy speech about her encounter.
03:54 "Tennant was in there looking for the source of the tear, and I was like, 'Hey, last guy who did that got double-barreled pink eye.'"
04:05 While you might have thought this wouldn't be funny a second time, the sketch proves itself with a few inventive changes.
04:11 It's clear that the cast is still smitten with McKinnon's character once more.
04:15 Channeling a rural Russian woman, Kate McKinnon disappears into the part of Olya Povlatsky.
04:26 Her character's segment about the Sochi Olympics is much more than a sports announcement, delving into Povlatsky's personal life.
04:32 "Last man I dated was a real dog." "Oh, unattractive guy?"
04:36 "No, no, he was actual dog, Seth. But he was way out of my league. He was top lawyer in my village."
04:43 This includes horror stories from her country and her interpretation of laughing.
04:48 Weekend Update host Seth Meyers tries to keep up and frequently chuckles through the funny routine.
04:53 McKinnon's ability to switch emotions on a dime causes her co-star to hold back laughter several times.
04:59 When asked about her dating life, the character produces more giggles with her attempts to use hip lingo.
05:04 "I'm the one who got away." "Are you dating anyone now, Olya?"
05:09 "Oh, Seth Meyers. You must be angry because you are fishing."
05:15 Meyers clearly shows that he enjoys the exchange as much as the viewers do.
05:20 Brought together to talk about acting, the star-studded cast of this sketch tries to have a serious talk.
05:28 The discussion quickly derails after Kate McKinnon's Debette Goldry takes over.
05:33 "Well, yeah, I mean, Samuel Goldwyn had a rule that all of his starlets had to eat arsenic tablets to make their skin glow."
05:40 Her descriptions of Hollywood are wacky and sometimes awful trips down disturbing lanes, making co-stars like Leslie Jones crack up.
05:48 "We're just lying on a train track waiting to get run over."
05:57 "Oh my God."
05:58 It's all so ridiculous and unexpected that you cannot help but laugh at McKinnon's performance.
06:03 Seated next to the comedian, Emma Stone really loses it as she listens to Goldry's explanations.
06:09 The breaking only makes this entertaining sketch all the more hilarious as a result.
06:13 We don't blame Stone either because we'd probably be laughing a whole lot more with this kind of script.
06:18 "They used to make me do a whole screen test just for my toot."
06:21 "What part of your body is your toot?"
06:24 "I'll give you two guesses and they're both right."
06:27 "Oh my God."
06:30 Among the more entertaining duos on the show, Aidy Bryant and Kate McKinnon have a history of making each other laugh on screen.
06:39 This sketch about an apple farm doesn't stray from that tradition.
06:42 "Select from our varieties like huge, soft, tiny bar, green, orange, and apple."
06:52 The duo comes together to advertise an awful place to find fruit, complete with some details that start to crack them up.
06:58 McKinnon can barely take it anymore as she crumbles under the hilarious banter.
07:02 "We also have a petting zoo."
07:06 "We do. We have a petting zoo."
07:09 "Tell 'em, Hank."
07:10 Both she and Bryant eventually regain their composure long enough to finish the funny commercial.
07:15 With the added benefit of watching two friends laugh, this sketch is even better than it initially sounds.
07:20 "Wanna hear more about us?"
07:22 "People usually don't."
07:23 "We're unmarried sisters."
07:25 "My hair's been in one braid for 40 years and now it grows that way."
07:29 "I'm 28."
07:32 Number 3. Weekend Update. Dr. We Notice on Trump's televised health exam.
07:37 Not every weekend update segment has to be a Pulitzer-winning piece of writing.
07:41 This appearance from Kate McKinnon's character, Dr. We Notice, proves this, providing a hilarious premise with a simple joke and enjoyable voice.
07:49 "But he feels so good, he said, 'I may be immune.'"
07:53 "What is this?"
07:55 "And now he's holding rallies."
07:57 "Yeah, who does this? He do this. We notice. We hate this. He do this. We notice."
08:01 The talented performer has a tough time getting through her own sketch as she keeps using the same play on words, breaking the host Colin Jost.
08:08 McKinnon is having a blast throughout.
08:11 "It's okay, doctor. I'm in amazing shape."
08:14 "Yes. We notice. Okay, but we're gonna do it anyway. Okay."
08:18 "Okay. Thank you."
08:20 "Blood pressure."
08:22 She also seems to be losing her composure and maybe even her sanity.
08:27 By the end, the premise comes together like an inside joke that everybody on stage visibly loves.
08:33 "Kate. Kate. Are you okay?"
08:37 "I'm obviously not."
08:44 Number 2. Hotel Ad.
08:46 With some incredibly precise writing, it's difficult not to cackle at this premise involving a sketchy hotel.
08:52 An eclectic bunch of staff members run down all the amenities for guests.
08:56 "We put the hospital in hospitality."
09:03 Billie Eilish hides her laughter behind a smile as her co-star checks off one absurd item after the other.
09:10 At one point, the singer breaks because McKinnon decides to nudge her.
09:14 "Breakfast. And breakfast. And breakfast means morning here at Business Garden Inn and Suites and Hotel Room Inn."
09:22 The latter's chaotic energy fuels a script that cannot be beaten.
09:26 Having to stand next to the comedian throughout the sketch, Eilish has a front row seat to laugh along with the audience.
09:32 "And hiding from the police. So join us at Business Garden Inn and Suites and Hotel Room Inn."
09:39 "It's like we always say, we may not be the Ritz-Carlton."
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09:58 In one of her greatest recurring sketches, Kate McKinnon owns the scene as someone describing an alien encounter.
10:09 "Yeah, a little different for me. I had my shirt I came in with, but my pants were gone."
10:15 Her co-stars have a hard time listening to her without losing it.
10:19 While the other survivors have pleasant stories, McKinnon's character goes off on tangents that get crazier than the next.
10:25 "Did y'all get the knocker stuff?" "No, no knocker stuff. Sorry."
10:31 "And did you feel threatened, Miss Rafferty?" "No, no, no, no, no."
10:37 Lines become so strange and hilarious that most of the cast holds back laughs.
10:41 As for the host Ryan Gosling, he can barely contain himself during the sketch's climax.
10:46 It's easy to see this sketch going down as one of the performers best on the show for its contagious laughter.
10:52 "I had to just chill up there with my damn coot-coot and prune shoe hanging 'til the place opened up."
10:58 Did we forget your favorite Kate moment? Let us know in the comments below.
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